Top career prosecutors initially recommended Stone be sentenced to seven to nine years in prison for lying to congress, witness tampering and obstructing a House investigation.
The Federal Judges Assn. will host an emergency meeting on Tuesday to discuss the intervention of the Department of Justice and President Trump in the sentencing of longtime Republican operative Roger Stone, according toThe group was set to meet later this spring, but its leader, Philadelphia U.S. District Judge Cynthia Rufe,the group “could not wait” to discuss the actions of Atty. Gen. William Barr and Trump in Stone’s sentencing.
Rufe told USA Today that the association is “not inclined to get involved with an ongoing case,” but was supportive of U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson, who is presiding over the trial. “I am not concerned with how a particular judge will rule,” Rufe, who was appointed by George W. Bush in 2002, said. “We are supportive of any federal judge who does what is required.
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